Ron's ranking system for Jeet Kune Do
as well as the Filipino martial arts,
out of the Practical Self Defense Training Center is basically a combination of the ways his teachers rank their
students. Jun Fan Gung Fu / Jeet Kune Do should be understood to the
fullest, within the different era's of Bruce Lee’s fighting methods as seen in the evolution of
it's development. A comprehensive combination of , Thai Boxing, Boxing, Wing
Chun along with different grappling styles (Integrated Grappling Systems) will also be completely understood
to develop certain attributes needed to be a good well rounded Jeet Kune Do
player. The basic breakdown of how it is taught at the PSDTC goes as follows:

Getting
yourself into fair physical condition is a good foundation to being
able to start to contend with a serious self-defense situation and survive.

Foot
work for being evasive which leads to the development of skills for proper
response in kicking, boxing and trapping range (Jun Fan Gung Fu or
Panantukin)

Boxing
mechanics (Jun Fan Gung Fu or Panantukin)

Kicking
mechanics (Jun Fan Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do)

Bobbing,
weaving, slipping, ducking (Jun Fan Gung Fu or Panantukin)

Faking
and feinting (Jun Fan Gung Fu or Panantukin)

Kicking
mechanics from Thai boxing or Pananjakman

Wing
Chun concepts and theories(Jeet
Kune Do)

Trapping
along with entering into trapping (the use and understanding of head-butts,
elbows, attacking the eyes and knees within this range also for self-defense
purposes)

Intercepting
methods (Jun Fan Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do)

Functional
use of all tools done with all the different training equipment such
as striking apparatus and protective gear for a realistic feel along with
timing rhythm and power(Jun
Fan Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do)

Use
of when and where to utilize the straight blast (jik chun choi) and all
possible follow ups (Jun Fan Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do)

Nerve
and joint destructions as it is done from Panantukin

Grappling
take downs to good positions, riding, submissions and escapes with skillful
sensitivity (for self defense purposes, wrestling with and without a stick
or a blade with an armed partner is part of this curriculum). All this is to
be learned to do without the use of strength so techniques work for anyone
(The grappling range of Jun Fan Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do)

For PSDTC MMA fighters, your rank goes by how many wins you
get in the ring or the cage. There are Fight Coach certifications offered to
those who are interested.

Kali empty hands and weapons:

Long range, mid range, what is considered to be trapping range and not surprisingly,
clench range drills along with the understanding of the interpretations of
all drills for a good understanding of Filipino Martial Arts as a combat
discipline. A constant progression is accomplished and that will be noticed
right away if all these different ranges are practiced with the empty hands
aspects of Kali and needless to say, with weapons. You learn and evolve with different types of sparring
drills in all
ranges, with and without weapons to help you to attain the skill that will get
you to each level. Below are the weapons areas to start with in all the before mentioned
ranges to understand for Kali, Arnis, Eskrima as it is taught at the PSDTC:

Stick Vs Stick

Double stick Vs Double stick

Knife Vs Knife

Double knife Vs Double knife

Flexible weapons Vs Flexible Weapons

Flexible Weapons Vs Knife

Flexible Weapons Vs Empty hand

Flexible Weapons Vs Stick

Empty hand Vs Empty hand

Empty hand Vs Stick

Empty hand Vs Knife

Stick Vs Double stick

Stick Vs Knife

Knife Vs Double knife

Double knife Vs Stick

Testing
in Jeet Kune Do or Kali is done while you are training in class, being
observed all the time, especially when it comes around the time to achieve your
next level. For private students Ron occasionally brings in local students to train and do
different drilling and sparring exercises with you. Ron looks for proper form,
relaxation (especially in tight situations), explosiveness, and proper response
with proper form together with the proper attitude a responsible martial artist
should have.

"Education is a progressive
discovery of our own ignorance."

A note to
remember for a more complete self defense skill level

*Kali stick and knife fighting as well as flexible weapons, in all
ranges the way it is taught at the Practical Self-Defense Training Center, is a
very good additive for Jeet Kune Do student to have a good weapons
base understanding to add to your empty hand skill, especially for self defense
purposes. Which in turn makes the combination of the two a
more complete self defense oriented martial science (please
note that Kali weapons as well as the empty hand portion are separate fighting methods or
"styles" taught from
Jeet Kune Do and carry two separate rank certificates with separate curriculums.
That is a very common misunderstanding about Jeet Kune Do now a days). The Kali fighting system
taught by Ron, although he had learned ideas from different Filipino martial
arts instructors, is based mainly on the Lecosta / Inosanto and Lameco system of Kali, Arnis
and Eskrima. Ron teaches it the way it was taught to him by Sifu/Guro Larry Hartsell,
Paul Vunak, the late Guru Edgar Sulite, Grand Supreme Tuhon Leo Gaje and of coarse,
Tuhon Guru Dan Inosanto.